Ethics Talk: Health Equity After COVID-19
In this special edition of Ethics Talk, Dr Uché Blackstock joins us to discuss COVID-19 morbidity and mortality outcomes inequity by race and what needs to change now and postpandemic.
ABMS Lifelong Learning CME Activity
Ethics Talk: Spread of Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia During COVID-19 Pandemic
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Jennifer Ho about understanding and combatting the spread of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethics Talk: Immunity Status, Social Privilege, and the Novel Coronavirus
In this activity, learners will examine how yellow fever epidemics during the antebellum South provide a historical lens to examine power asymmetries and health inequities in the COVID-19 era.
Ethics Talk: Plight of Workers in Low Wage Jobs and COVID-19
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Donald Tomaskovic-Devey about the social and economic hurdles confronted by those among us in low-wage jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethics Talk: Public Health, Personal Liberties, and COVID-19
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Prof Lawrence Gostin about the challenges of balancing public health ethics and personal civil liberties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ethics Talk: Polling, Politics, and Health Policy in the COVID-19 Era
In this video edition of Ethics Talk, journal editor in chief, Dr Audiey Kao, talks with Dr Mollyann Brodie about the science of polling, public opinions on COVID-19, and politically-divergent views on policy options to achieve universal health care coverage.
Is There a Case for Palliative Care Addiction Psychiatry?
This commentary on a case suggests how palliative care psychiatry can facilitate compassionate resolution of ethical conflicts in end-of-life care decision making with persons with substance use disorders.
Does It Matter Whether a Psychiatric Intervention Is “Palliative”?
Palliative interventions are intended to alleviate suffering and improve quality, not quantity, of life and are not intended to cure illness. In psychiatry, uncertainty about which interventions count as palliative stems from the fact that psychiatry generally prioritizes symptom management…
How to Motivate Equity in Health Decision Modeling
American health care is rife with inequity in access to services. Even among people with insurance, inequity can result from insurers’ decisions about which services to cover. These decisions are often based on economic models that are seemingly objective but…
How Does Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Inform Health Care Decisions?
Cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) provides a formal assessment of trade-offs involving benefits, harms, and costs inherent in alternative options. CEA has been increasingly used to inform public and private organizations’ reimbursement decisions, benefit designs, and price negotiations worldwide. Despite the lack…
